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The selection of books below will provide inspiration for your creative cocktail creations... mixed in with a dash of colourful history and some great resources on cocktails, alcohol, and other delicious things to drink.

3-Ingredient Cocktails: An Opinionated Guide to the Most Enduring Drinks in the Cocktail Canon [Hardcover]
by Robert Simonson
Finalist for the 2018 James Beard Foundation Book Awards for "Beverage" category
A collection of the greatest...

A Dash of Bitters: The Cocktail’s Indispensable Component, with Recipes, History, and Lore by Michael Turback [Paperback]
In the world of cocktails, everything old is new again. As bartenders return to time-tested formulas for inspiration, they...

HARDCOVER CHILDREN'S BOOK with a twist! Ready for a dash of fun with your nightly reading? A is for Absinthe: A Spirited Book of ABCs takes a loving but tongue-in-cheek look at the spirits industry, providing a...

Bartenders Saved the Civilized Drinking World [Hardcover] by Deckle Edge A narrative history of the craft cocktail renaissance, written by a New York Times cocktail writer and one of the foremost experts on the subject. A Proper...

A Spot At The Bar: Welcome to The Everleigh - Hardcover by Michael Madrusan and Zara Young Join the internationally acclaimed team from The Everleigh for an evening of good drinking, festive hosting and classic style. From an aperitif at sundown,...

Amaro: The Spirited World of Bittersweet, Herbal Liqueurs, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas [Hardcover]
by Brad Parsons
The European tradition of making bittersweet liqueurs--called amari in Italian--has been around for centuries. But it...

And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails [Paperback] by Wayne Curtis One spirit, Ten cocktails, and Four Centuries of American HistoryAnd a Bottle of Rum tells the raucously entertaining story of America as seen through the...

Angostura Bitters Drink Guide 1908 Reprint: A Little Tiny Bar Book Made Big {Paperback] by Bolton, Ross A complete reproduction of the 1908 Angostura Bitters Drink Guide with a new introduction by Ross Bolton. This book was most likely a promotional...

Aperitivo: The Cocktail Culture of Italy [Hardcover]
by Marisa Huff
Kick off the evening as the Italians do, with these recipes for drinks and small dishes from the best bars and restaurants of Venice, Milan, Turin, and beyond...

Bar La Florida Cocktails 1935 Reprint by Ross Bolton [PAPERBACK] A complete reproduction of the 1935 bar guide Bar La Florida Cocktails with a new introduction by Ross Bolton. La Florida Bar, also known as the "Floridita", made the Daiquiri...

Batched & Bottled: Cocktails to Make Ahead [Hardcover]
by by Noel Venning (Author), Max Venning (Author)
Sick of standing in the corner making cocktails while everyone else is having fun? Fed up of having to buy...

Beach Bum Berry Intoxica
by Jeff Berry
Elixirs Exotica! More lost recipes from the Golden Age of the Tiki Bar from the Polynesian Pop Scholar and Mixologist Jeff Berry, co-author of the praised Beach Bum Berry's Grog Log - dubbed "the best bar guide...

Beach Bum Berry Remixed
by Jeff Berry
The global Tiki Drink revival is in full swing. But without Beachbum Berry’s Grog Log and Intoxica!, there’d be nothing to drink. These two groundbreaking books revealed the top-secret,...

Beach Bum Berry's Potions of the Caribbean [Hardcover] by Jeff Berry Winner of the 2014 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Award for Best New Cocktail/Bartending Book, Beachbum Berry's Potions of the Caribbean strains five centuries of West Indian...

Bitters and Shrub Syrup Cocktails: Restorative Vintage Cocktails, Mocktails, and Elixirs [Spiral Bound] by Warren Bobrow So simple to create at home, Bitters and Shrub Syrups will add an incredible depth of flavor to any beverage.Historically, cocktail...

Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, with Cocktails, Recipes, and Formulas [Hardcover] by Brad Parsons ISBN13: 9781580083591 ISBN10: 1580083595 Gone are the days when a lonely bottle of Angostura bitters held...

Boothbys World Drinks and How to Mix Them: 1934 Reprint
This book was written by "Cocktail" Bill Boothby, once a minstrel performer, then San Francisco bartender and author of "American Bar-Tender", and finally California Assemblyman. Complete...

Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits by Jason Wilson [HARDCOVER] While some may wonder, “Does the world really need another flavored vodka?” no one answers this question quite so memorably...

Bourbon Empire: The Past and Future of America's Whiskey Paperback – May 10, 2016 [Paperback] by Reid Mitenbuler “Pulls aside the curtain of puffery to show . . . the business of liquor to be every bit as fascinating as...

Cocktail Cookbook [Hardcover] by Oskar Kinberg In Cocktail Cookbook, Oskar Kinberg presents 75 cocktails that will change the way you drink. The master barman shows you simple recipes for homemade bar ingredients such as nettle...

Contraband Cocktails: How America Drank When It Wasn't Supposed To [Hardcover] by Paul Dickson Americans weren’t supposed to drink during Prohibition—but that’s exactly when “cocktail culture” came roaring to life. The...

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